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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

News The Morning News

Posted by David Schmader on Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 8:51 AM

In Case You Missed It: Occupy Seattle remains present and unarrested in Westlake Center and the Seattle Sounders FC win the U.S. Open Cup for the third consecutive year!

She's Back!: Amanda Knox arrives at Sea-Tac.

"Their Goals Are Our Goals": Unions join Occupy Wall Street protests.

The 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Awarded to Israel's Daniel Shechtman for the discovery of quasicrystals.

Get Well Soon: Adele cancels U.S. tour dates due to vocal-cord hemorrhage.

Washington Lotto Mobile Goes Down: Gov. Gregoire orders state lottery officials to return a $49,000 Mercedes that was supposed to become a "Lotto mobile," selling Lotto tickets outside sports and entertainment events.

Oh Shut Up You Dumb Whores: Nancy Grace calls Amanda Knox verdict a 'miscarriage of justice,' Donald Trump says Knox could be 'a big star.'

Oh Shut Up You Dumb Horse: Mr. Ed hitting the big screen with CGI-talking capabilities.

Sesame Street Gets Real: Kid's show set to unveil an impoverished Muppet named Lily, whose family faces an ongoing struggle with hunger issues.

Eureka and Duh: Reading or writing a text message while driving can more than double a driver's reaction time, according to a study released Wednesday by the Texas Transportation Institute.

Also, numerous celebrities were born today.

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Nancy Grace is unhappy with the Knox verdict. Wasn't she screeching high praise for the Italian justice system when Knox was convicted?

Posted by TechBear on October 5, 2011 at 8:57 AM

Hugs are god's way of giving you cupcakes.

Posted by paulus on October 5, 2011 at 9:13 AM

Nancy Grace has been publicly censured three times by the Georgia bar. Consider the source.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on October 5, 2011 at 9:16 AM

maybe adele would stop having to cancel/postpone/reschedule shows and tours due to throat problems if she stopped smoking more than a pack a day of cigarettes.

Posted by jezbian on October 5, 2011 at 9:19 AM

Sesame Street introduces a hungry character, but no gay characters, no sir. Someone might find that upsetting.

At least there's potential for an excellent scene where Lily confronts Cookie Monster. I picture ten minutes of awkward silence, with only the sounds of Lily's stomach growling and cookie monster slowly chewing.

Posted by MacCrocodile

on October 5, 2011 at 9:23 AM

Who the hell voted for Bil Keane? That comic is AWFUL.

Posted by mkyorai on October 5, 2011 at 9:27 AM

@6 - I did. The comic is awful, which is all the more reason to commemorate another year closer to Bil Keane's death. I'm sure he's a lovely person (I'm not actually all that sure), but that comic needs to end. It's like a New Year's countdown, but nobody knows when midnight is exactly.

Posted by MacCrocodile

on October 5, 2011 at 9:31 AM

Diderot? Really people?

What a bunch of elitist pansies.

Posted by Rotten666 on October 5, 2011 at 9:32 AM

I trust Amanda enjoyed a long hot bath in a luxious getaway last night.

Posted by Phoebe on NE 79th on October 5, 2011 at 9:40 AM

Mercedes van by Mercedes. Mercedes, Mercedes, Mercedes, Mercedes. Never mind that the company was purchased by Mercedes from Dodge only in the last year and the van is built in the USA. Mercedes!

Posted by Granny Smith on October 5, 2011 at 9:45 AM

Harriet The Spy!

Posted by Fnarf

on October 5, 2011 at 9:56 AM

Feebie @9: I hope she did. I hope she got laid, too (though she probably didn't). You got a problem with that?

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on October 5, 2011 at 9:57 AM

It was also Larry Fine's birthday. How could you leave him off the poll?

Posted by jaxom on October 5, 2011 at 10:13 AM

Oh, man, Harriet the Spy? If that tale were told today it would devolve into Facebook bullying, YouTube slanders, and suicides all around.

The only thing I'd add to Morning News would be the bit in the NYT today about the enviro Bullitt Foundation's office building going up on Madison (where Slaughters/CC Attle's gay bar was) being on track as the greenest such thing ever built.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/05/reales…

Posted by gloomy gus on October 5, 2011 at 10:28 AM

I found this app called Advanced Lie Detector Plus and was going to run the Knox courtroom statements through it. Does anyone have a web link?

https://market.android.com/details?id=co…

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe

on October 5, 2011 at 10:42 AM

@8 -- of course Diderot! How on earth can you call him an elitist? As one of the first encylopedists, he devoted himself to ensuring accurate and interesting information about a vast array of subjects was available to ordinary people, not merely specialized elites. Not to mention that before the advent of google, encyclopedias were the primary resource for plagiarists and lazy students to throw together last minute school reports, allowing them to devote their time to non-scholastic pursuits like getting high and getting laid.

What could be less elitist than that?

Posted by Smartypants on October 5, 2011 at 10:55 AM

As a hockey fan I respectfully put in my vote for honoring living hockey legend, cancer survivor, and philanthropist Mario Lemieux on his birthday.
Added bonus: he looks great in a suit.

Posted by moosefan on October 5, 2011 at 11:03 AM

@12: Only if you were the other party, 5280. (... just kidding)

Posted by Phoebe on NE 79th on October 5, 2011 at 11:22 AM

@7: Dream on, Croc. They'll just pull a Schulz and keep running that strip until the last printing press evaporates from proton decay.

Posted by OuterCow on October 5, 2011 at 11:34 AM

For those about to Rock

We salute You!

Posted by Will in Seattle

on October 5, 2011 at 11:49 AM

Nancy Grace has never met an innocent person, yet she expects the public to believe she was innocent in NippleGate.

Just be glad she has finally stopped talking about her murdered boyfriend from 30 years ago. She milked that story until it was bone dry.

Posted by igub on October 5, 2011 at 11:55 AM

@19 - Then at least for a few glorious weeks, they'll be running the original Family Circuses, when it was mildly chuckle-worthy once in a blue moon.

And it won't be long after that before the print industry dries up altogether, and we revert to a Mad-Max-style world where there is no Keane family.

Posted by MacCrocodile

on October 5, 2011 at 11:56 AM

Nancy Grace says the jury is always right. Sure. Who believes the O.J. jury was right? Robert Blake jury? Casey Anthony jury? Not even Grace could say that with a straight face with those juries.

Posted by Vince on October 5, 2011 at 12:20 PM

Knox returns and Mudede's white chick in prison hard on melts away.

Posted by butterw on October 5, 2011 at 12:27 PM

Texting and driving ... how many times must a study be done? We know it's stupid for people to do it, let's start treating any form of distracted driving like drunk driving now. Technology is awesome, I love it, but like all tools it requires the user to at least have an ounce of intelligence and responsibility.

Posted by KittenKoder